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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
10
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with prices for various terms and international options. Editorial offices at 1004 1005 7008 Main and circulation notices urge advance payment and prompt newsdealer pickup.
Secretary Meyer highlights adding airship platforms to naval vessels as a way to extend aeroplane use into sea warfare. The focus is on scouting support rather than bombing, with potential growth of naval air power anticipated as technology evolves beyond current fiction.
Calculations from 33 of 49 states project a total U S population around 91 2 million at the next census with some predicting 92 million. If the 20 percent per decade trend continues, mid century figures could exceed 200 million. The nation stands larger than Austria Hungary France and the German empire.
A Boston special committee report endorses a municipal retirement system for retired employees. The plan taxes wages to fund annuities and equal pensions, sets voluntary retirement at 60 and compulsory at 70, and requires 15 years of service. Projected savings come from reduced wages waste, indirect losses, and veteran-related slowdowns.
The council should pass the order accepting the act enabling the substitution scheme, so voters in Boston may decide the proposal at the forthcoming municipal election.
A contemporary critique notes Taft’s lengthy address pleases with clear writing and balanced structure but fails to deliver decisive reform. It praises economy, canal fortification, and a rural parcels plan while faulting the tariff stance and lack of strong action against trusts and political reform.
A battle poem recounts a charged battle where troops break a well-defended line and seize the GAVEL and CHAIR behind a barricade. The speaker claims victory for their PARTY and its STATS amid marine imagery and a final, triumphant claim from Neponset Massachusetts.
A Boston newspaper recounts a surgeon performing an appendectomy on the Mauretania while the ship steamed at 26 knots in a rolling sea. It notes the era when appendicitis was fashionable and predicts sea surgery may become a new social signal if this operation succeeds.
The Observant Citizen reports the White Star liner Canopic under Captain J O Garter will sail this afternoon for Genoa and will not return to port until next April. Captain Garter is expected to bring the Romanic to Boston in late January, per the article.
A young man performed a circus stunt in an L train car, grabbing passenger straps and tumbling as the train rounded a curve near North station. Crowds on School street after snow skated past City Hall, with diverse passersby noting the slick sidewalk.
The New Haven Chamber of Commerce banquet may feature Colonel Roosevelt as guest of honor with Judge Simeon E. Baldwin’s seat left vacant. Baldwin has not sent an acceptance and appears to decline the speaking role, avoiding a clash with Roosevelt after a heated political campaign.
The item notes that about 82 000 people die of old age in England and Wales each year. It recalls that forgery carried the death penalty in England as late as 1837. It mentions ships being copper bottomed from 1337 and King George as the 12th Duke of York and 18th Prince of Wales since 1301.
A collection features Longfellow’s The Courtship of Miles Standish with illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy and additional plates from Boughton Reinhart Merrill Perkins Hitchcock Shapleigh and others. The exhibit showcases recent pictures and sketches from renowned artists.
Miles Standish ponders Rose Standish’s grave and the fallen of the Mayflower voyage. He contemplates solace from Bariffe’s Artillery Guide, Cesar’s Commentaries, and the Bible as he writes epistles for the Mayflower voyage. End of Book I signals Love and Friendship to begin tomorrow.
Yesterday light snow raised small celebrations across Boston. Captain Charles Reilly of Orient Heights Yacht Club welcomes a nine pound baby girl. South Southampton Street improvement panel votes to prepare for spring car tracks. Archbishop O Connell marks his 51st birthday with expected widespread congratulations. Public Garden skate scene shows busy frog pond and wet clothing but cheerful skaters despite yesterday’s storm.
Dr John C Da Costa a Jefferson Medical College graduate and renowned surgeon died this afternoon in Philadelphia aged 76 The obituary notes his prominence among the nation s leading surgeons.
The Baptist Home at Cambridge opens its annual holiday sale at Tremont Temple at 10 this morning and runs through the week. Rev H H Saunderson gave a Passion Play lecture at First Universalist Church Inman Square Cambridge last night. The Swedish Lutheran Young People celebrate 25th anniversary tomorrow at Emerald Street Boston church 7 30 pm. Rev William H Van Allen of the Church of the Advent is the Boston Bible Club speaker next Monday. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Religious Society of the Messiah hosts a carnival at Parker Memorial Hall this afternoon 3 to 12 pm. Rev Clifton D Gray of Stoughton Street Baptist Dorchester lectures tonight on The Passion Play and the Roman Catholic Church.
A reader from Malden writes to the Post thanking the paper for locating her brother and reuniting them. Bessie A. Wade, 134 Clifton Street, Malden, expresses gratitude and shares the reunion news.
A short humorous verse recounts an unknown writer’s failed attempt at signing his name. The author imagines the struggle causing physical strain and offers playful mockery of messy signatures, ending with a light jab at the chaos of penmanship.
Letter to the Post criticizes the inadequate South Boston to Rowe's Wharf transit. The writer notes small crowded cars, especially on stormy nights, with women waiting on Atlantic avenue and calls for action to improve service.
A mole deprived of food dies in a day. Russia observes 86 public holidays across the year, highlighting unusual official closures and time off.
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